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Gogebic County invites proposals for new fairground site

By P.J. GLISSON

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IRONWOOD — In a separate committee meeting last week, members of the Gogebic County Board of Commissioners entertained the possibility of considering other county fairground locations. The current location has been in Ironwood for more than 100 years.

The issue was addressed in a Nov. 8 meeting of the Economic Development and Capital Improvement Committee after being referred to it by commissioners in their previous Oct. 25 board meeting.

At that time, the board had been reacting to an Oct. 17 letter from Marenisco Township Supervisor Bruce Mahler, encou...